ⲥⲓⲧ

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Coptic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Demotic syṱ (“serpent”), from Egyptian zꜣ-tꜣ (name of a serpent, literally “son of the earth”), from
zAZ1
zꜣ (“son”) +
N16
N23 Z1
tꜣ (“land, earth”).

Noun

ⲥⲓⲧ • (sit) m

  1. (Sahidic, Old Coptic) basilisk
  2. (Sahidic, Old Coptic) cerastes (horned viper)

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